Hi and DB5 gear knob question.
Mr Webber
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Hi all,
Im currently working with someone else to make a replica of the DB5 ejector seat gear knob but need some advice on what to use for the flip top hinge. Does anyone know what was used on the original gear knob?
There are some reasonable pictures out there of it but its something i dont recognise. I was recently pointed towards repro
mini gear knobs to use as a base so will see how that turns out. Any help on this would be appreciated.
Cheers.
Im currently working with someone else to make a replica of the DB5 ejector seat gear knob but need some advice on what to use for the flip top hinge. Does anyone know what was used on the original gear knob?
There are some reasonable pictures out there of it but its something i dont recognise. I was recently pointed towards repro
mini gear knobs to use as a base so will see how that turns out. Any help on this would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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The inside of the cap looks turned aluminium to me.
If I were doing it, I'd buy in Ali round bar and turn it from scratch.
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I plan to make a replica of the entire gear stick with leather boot and small section of grey carpet as a display piece, maybe even the armrest full of controls.
Displaying a full size gear knob, with stalk, with rubber boot, carpet, AND console must mean you have a large display cabinet and a very understanding mrs.
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There is something performing a hinge function between the lid and the rest of the knob , just dont know what they used, looks like a brass something with three ridges. The main aim is to use what the production company used if at all possible.
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Quite new to these forums but here goes
With regard to your question about the DB5 gearknob
I have made some of these gearknobs to roughly the same spec as original
The original car was in fact a kind of db4 which had a 4 speed box
so this would show on the gearknob top.
The db5 had a five speed zf box which i have replicated on the top of my gearknobs
Also the zf box was german not british and in 1964 even the germans were using metric so the thread has to be 10mm to fit correctly onto the gearstick
These replicas are made of solid plastic which i find stronger than the original resin ones.
The hinge is integral and flips up to reveal a small red button that can be depressed
so one could wire this up to the horn and give a great surprise to all who dought your words
" What ever you do, don't push this button"
The price is £150 each + P&P and i only had 12 made
A lot of R&D went into these so this reflects the price
Hope this helps yourself and others
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If you wanna get really picky, then there's reverse, so does that make it a 6 speed box?
Also, i'm guessing here, but this gearknob;
is in the effects car (ie the replica that was made) and the white button is a minor descrepency.
oh and a solid plastic isn't neccessarily stronger than resin, depends on the resin and the forces being put through it. resin has a tendency to have a little give in it, making it somewhat longer lasting. there's also down sides, some resin can be effected by UV and go off colour, but you can pigment it to avoid and reduce this effect.
why you'd machine each one from solid bar is beyond me, but each unto their own. for a hand machined piece the price aint bad at all. i'd only make one to fit to a vehicle myself, still, nice little piece.
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sunroof + hump back bridge + 70mph - seatbelt = ejector seat
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The 4 speed David Brown gearbox was featured on that "effects" car, which is easily spotted by the Lucas 773 amber lamps on the front wings.
Just watch GF and you see both cars in the Alpine Drive segment. Rumoured that the second DB5, without the heavy effects, and with the ZF 5 speed, failed during filming, and the effects car was used in the chase scenes, which is why it accelerated so poorly when Bond peels out after the shots are fired. Note the early shifting by the driver too. I have driven a 4 speed DB4 and DB5, and in some ways I prefer that gearbox with overdrive to the ZF unit, which is hard to shift when hot.
Seems to recall from Blue Ray viewing that the red button was dished, and proportionately larger that what appears on Ebay currently.
Some British Wiring company has them, I have to look again at my notes.
Those special switches with the guards on them, I was told, were from a Spitfire or left over WW2 stock, but when I visited a Lucas rebuilder, there they were: Aston Martin DB6 Volante hood switch. Have a resin replica on my desk.
Mini 4 speed uses the same shift knob, although in a Mini box it is hundreds less than if you bought it from Aston.
Cheers, Tom
Hello , I am looking for a bond gear knob for a DB4 fitted with a 5 speed DBS BOX , ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP .
regards
Mel
This is my DB5 gearstick
Very nice- looks like it's wired up? What does it do?
Static model, does have 2 wires which in theory would go off to the firing mechanism. The lid flips up to show the red button, ready for Sean Connery to dispense his passenger.